SKAW INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC484630 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-19

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£-3.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £3,326

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£3k

↓ 6.7% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£-3.3k	£-3.1k
Net assets	£-3.3k	£-3.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-05-12
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2025-04-04
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2024-05-24
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2023-05-01
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2022-05-19
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accounts · AA
2020-09-17
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accounts · AA
2020-07-16
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officers · CH01
2020-07-16
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officers · CH03
2020-07-16
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2020-04-09
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accounts · AA
2019-10-01
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PRIEST, Annette appointed
director
2019-10-01
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officers · AP01
2019-10-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-10-01
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2019-05-28
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accounts · AA
2019-03-18
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2019-03-18
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2018-05-22
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accounts · AA
2017-10-29
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PRIEST, Charles Alan resigned
director
2014-08-19
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Company incorporated
As SKAW INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2014-08-19
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PRIEST, Annette appointed
secretary
2014-08-19
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PRIEST, John Gilbert appointed
director
2014-08-19
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PRIEST, Charles Alan appointed
director

Owner dependency

81/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Annette Priest Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/10/2019
John Gilbert Priest Individual · British · DOB 06/1948 · age 78	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Charles Alan Priestceased 29/10/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-08-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Skaw

Haroldswick

Unst

Shetland

ZE2 9EF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-02

Last: 2025-08-19

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

PRIEST, Annette→

secretary · appointed 2014-08-19

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PRIEST, Annette→

director · ~62y · appointed 2019-10-01

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PRIEST, John Gilbert→

director · ~78y · appointed 2014-08-19

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Active

PRIEST, Charles Alan→

director · ~78y · appointed 2014-08-19 · resigned 2017-10-29

Resigned

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